!44: Enhancing Your Garden With Beautiful Trees and Shrubs

!±8± Enhancing Your Garden With Beautiful Trees and Shrubs

Trees and shrubs are the kinds of plants you'll see in just about any garden, or somewhere nearby. They offer such huge variety for the beauty and pleasure of your garden.

Different Types

Powerfully vertical, pyramidal, conical - you'll find shrubs and trees of all shapes. There is also variety in growing patterns, and some even have scents, like the needles on cypress and juniper trees.

Weeping trees are some most delightfully scented varieties. Both the Katsura tree and the Cercidiphyllum Pendulum smell like caramel and come with stunning fall colors.

Silver Lime is another scented variety. Sweeten your garden with Buddleja Alternifolia's honey scent in the early summer. Working with trees and shrubs can definitely be exciting because they offer so many ways of bringing "excitement" to your garden.

Every Setting Works

The amazing thing about a tree or shrub is there's at least one for every garden. Even small gardens benefit from them, although you must be careful not to crowd out all the sunlight. A formal garden will go well, for example, with Blue Atlas Cedar, Scots Pine or Cedar of Lebanon.

Accent the Whole Property

When you put in a tree or shrub, you're not just adding to the garden itself but the entire property. Therefore, consider how much shade your tree is likely to throw as it grows. Too much will make your garden seem gloomy and keep your other plants from much-needed sunlight.

And consider placing a bench under the tree to create a comfortable spot for garden observation.

Privet is generally one of the more common hedging choices, but box is equally good, especially for clipped topiary. With box, you can make elephants, teddy bears, peacocks and pyramids. Unfortunately, you may not like the smell. Some people say box smells like urine.

Rest for Your Weary Soul

In windy parts of the country, shrubs and trees are a great way to get some respite. You can create a whole different world in your backyard if your property has an orientation suited to this.

Eucalyptus trees grow really fast, so you might consider them as wind barriers. Also, they have a honey scent in their flowers and a minty one in their foliage. Pruning can keep them at an ideal size, and the blue leaves add an exotic touch to your garden plot.

Trees and shrubs are an important part of our ecosystem, and including them in your garden could be an ideal means of creating the type of atmosphere you love.